3. Government Museum, Chennai

The Government Museum in Chennai is the second oldest museum in India. It is spread over luxurious 16.25-acre grounds and is also home to the colossal Museum Theatre, which regularly hosts works by Shakespeare. The exhibits in the museum are extremely valuable and rare, just like the museum's heritage. Palm leaf manuscripts, the famous paintings of Raja Ravi Varma and the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside of Europe. The Connemara Public Library, one of the city's most iconic libraries, is also part of the museum, with a footfall of around 1000 daily visitors, and more on weekends. An iconic structure built in the Indo-Gothic style, the Government Museum, also known as the Egmore Museum, is a one-of-a-kind museum and a jewel in Indian heritage.